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Pending felony charge or not, Garrett Wittels will play. Florida International University announced Wednesday it will not suspend its star baseball player, who is facing a rape charge in the Bahamas. Wittels will be in uniform when the Golden Panthers open their 2011 season Friday against Southeastern Louisiana, allowing the junior from Bay Harbor Islands to resume his chase of Robin Ventura's NCAA record 58-game hitting streak. He is in position to break that record Sunday night, in a game televised nationally by ESPNU. "Head coach Turtle Thomas, as well as the other coaches here at FIU, have done a great job of staying with me," Wittels said at a press conference...

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Pending felony charge or not, Garrett Wittels will play.
Florida International University announced Wednesday it will not suspend its star baseball player, who is facing a rape charge in the Bahamas.
Wittels will be in uniform when the Golden Panthers...

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But the avulsion fracture on the...

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Sox...

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"Ultimately you get on the...

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